MANGALORE, Aug 11 (The Hindu): In-charge Deputy Commissioner S.A. Prabhakar Sharma has banned the movement of vehicles on the stretch between Padil Junction on National Highway 48 and railway crossing on Padil-Bajal Road from Tuesday to facilitate the concreting of the stretch by the city corporation, an official press release said.
Accordingly, light motor vehicles should use the narrow stretch from Amar Alva bus stand (near Naguri) on NH 48 to reach Mangalore Junction Railway Station. Buses and other heavy and light motor vehicles plying between Jalligudde, Bajal, Veeranagara and the city through NH 48 should use NH 17, and take a diversion at Ekkur for to and fro journey. The ban would be in force till the completion of concreting work, the release said.